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Edwin Hubble was an astronomer who worked with Earth-based telescopes, and who died in 1953, before the launch of the first artificial satellite. The Hubble Space Telescope was named in his honor almost 40 years later.
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If anything can be said to be invented by Hubble, it is to be found in a few ideas that came out of a few discoveries he made such as the existence of the Universe.
Only at the turn of the century with the construction of gigantic telescopes of almost a meter in diameter was it possible to distinguish the blobs known as nebulae as being outside of our galaxy. In the 1920s Hubble's observations confirmed the existence of other galaxies in the universe outside of our own galaxy, an idea that existed, but was controversial and lacked evidence earlier. (Earlier, the universe was thought to be infinite, but mostly empty except for our own little neighborhood of a few billion stars in the Milky Way. As always, we were the center of the Universe.)
In the next years, Hubble expanded this with data from others to quantify the observation that the Universe was expanding. (Now called Hubble's Law.) This led, of course, to the first data supporting the Big Bang theory suggested in by Georges Lemaître in 1927.
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What was the hubble space telescope named after?
The Hubble Space Telescope was named after Edwin Hubble.
What did edwin hubble invented?
He invented a system for classifying galaxy morphologies (shapes). The Hubble Space Telescope is named after him, but he did not invent it.
What is the name of the telescope that they use to see galaxies?
the hubble telescope edwin hubble :)
Who was hubble space telescope named after?
Edwin Hubble
What telescope was named after an American astronaut?
The Hubble Space Telescope was named after Edwin Hubble. He was not an astronaut. Edwin Hubble was an astronomer, not an astronaut, who discovered the expansion of the universe.
How did Edwin hubble discover the telescope?
Edwin Hubble didn't invent the Hubble Space Telescope, and he never knew of it. It was named in his honor and memory long after his death.
What was the hubble space telescope named after?
The Hubble Space Telescope was named after Edwin Hubble.
What did edwin hubble invented?
He invented a system for classifying galaxy morphologies (shapes). The Hubble Space Telescope is named after him, but he did not invent it.
Did Edwin hubble build the hubble telescope?
He didn't. Edwin Hubble died in 1953. The telescope was named in honour of him.
Who is the telescope after hubble?
Edwin Hubble
Why was the Hubble Space Telescope related to Edwin Hubble?
Edwin P. Hubble is related to the Hubble space telescope because he suggested that we launch a telescope into space so they named it after Edwin's last name, Hubble.
What did the Edwin hubble invent?
Edwin Hubble invented a simple classification system for galaxies. The Hubble Space Telescope was named after him for his discoveries in astronomy.
What was Edwin Hubble know for?
Telescope, hence the hubble telescope!
Who was the hubble telescope named after?
The Hubble Telescope was named after its designer Edwin Hubble.
How did Edwin build the Hubble Telescope?
He didn't. Edwin Hubble died in 1953. The telescope was named in honour of him.
Who is hubble telescope named after?
Hubble microscope.
Why did Edwin hubble name the telescope?
The space telescope that was launched in 1990 was named after Edwin Hubble, who died in 1953.
